Biology
Given below is a table showing animal tissues. Identify them, give their location and write one important function of each.
Answer
| Structure | Name | Location | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Voluntary Muscles | Present in hands, legs, tongue, jaws, body (trunk) and so on | Help in the movement of the bones |
![]() | Areolar Connective Tissue | Forms a continuous layer under the skin | Binds the skin with the underlying organs, fills the spaces between various organs and acts as a packing material around them |
![]() | Squamous Epithelium | Inner wall of blood vessels, lungs, heart and oesophagus | Provide protection and prevent the entry of germs |
![]() | Cardiac Muscles | Heart | Pump blood to various parts of our body, work non-stop throughout our lifetime |
![]() | Cuboidal Epithelium | Thyroid gland, kidney tubules, pancreas, liver, salivary gland | Secrete enzymes and hormones, remove waste products from our body |
![]() | Adipose Tissue | Beneath the skin and around the internal organs | Stores energy in the form of fat, cushions and insulates the body and provides protective padding around the internal organs |
![]() | Involuntary Muscles | Present in the walls of stomach, intestines, urinary bladder and arteries | Help in movement of food, movement of urine from urinary bladder and so on. |
![]() | Columnar Epithelium | Found in lining of stomach, intestine and Pharynx | Secretes enzymes that help in the digestion of food, absorb nutrients from the digested food. |











